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07LIMA1303
2007-04-11 18:02:00
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Embassy Lima
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PERU: ASSESSMENT OF GOP KOSOVO POSITION
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UNCLAS LIMA 001303
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SENSITIVE
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU
SUBJECT: PERU: ASSESSMENT OF GOP KOSOVO POSITION
REF: A. STATE 45355
B. LIMA 1052 (AND PREVIOUS)
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY.
UNCLAS LIMA 001303
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU
SUBJECT: PERU: ASSESSMENT OF GOP KOSOVO POSITION
REF: A. STATE 45355
B. LIMA 1052 (AND PREVIOUS)
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY.
1. (BU) In numerous recent discussions regarding Kosovo,
MFA officials have told us Peru remains uncomfortable with UN
Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposal for Kosovo's future
because it is opposed by UNSC permanent members Russia and
China and also by a majority of the UNSC's non-permanent
members. Moreover, in the GOP's view Serbia's continued
opposition to the Ahtisaari proposal means that any UNSC
action now would lack essential buy-in from both parties, be
seen as "imposed from above," and therefore in the long run
cause more problems than it would solve. MFA Director
General for Multilateral Affairs Ana Rosa Valdivieso told
polcouns April 10 that Peru believed the Kosovo problem was
not yet fully ripe for formal UNSC action. She noted that
Russia had demarched the GOP at the Vice-Foreign Minister
level. Serbia had formally registered its opposition at her
level, Valdivieso said, and a Serbian delegation led by the
Foreign Minister was planning to include Peru in its tour of
UNSC non-permanent member capitals. She characterized the
current position of Peru and Panama as somewhere in between
that of the U.S. and EU on one side, and that of Russia and
Serbia on the other.
2. (SBU) Several significant opportunities exist in the
short term to nudge Peru into the U.S./EU corner. By happy
coincidence, President Alan Garcia is scheduled to meet with
President Bush in Washington on April 23. Foreign Minister
Garcia Belaunde will accompany Garcia. The Ambassador will
engage the Foreign Minister on the issue after the FM returns
to Peru. Neither President Garcia nor Foreign Minister
Garcia Belaunde has yet fully engaged on the Kosovo question,
and Peru's final position will be determined by them.
Ensuring that President Bush raises Kosovo in his meeting
with President Garcia is important to signal the emphasis the
USG gives the matter. The tentatively scheduled early May
visit to Peru by Deputy Secretary Negroponte would provide an
additional face-to-face opportunity to reiterate our position
and to solicit Peru's support for it.
3. (SBU) Comment: If Peru is uncomfortable in the absence
of UNSC consensus, particularly among the P-5, neither does
it wish to be out-of-snych with the United States and
European Union on matters affecting international peace and
security. In that sense, Peru's position on Kosovo is not
hard and fast but rather susceptible to our influence and
that of our European partners.
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SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU
SUBJECT: PERU: ASSESSMENT OF GOP KOSOVO POSITION
REF: A. STATE 45355
B. LIMA 1052 (AND PREVIOUS)
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY.
1. (BU) In numerous recent discussions regarding Kosovo,
MFA officials have told us Peru remains uncomfortable with UN
Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposal for Kosovo's future
because it is opposed by UNSC permanent members Russia and
China and also by a majority of the UNSC's non-permanent
members. Moreover, in the GOP's view Serbia's continued
opposition to the Ahtisaari proposal means that any UNSC
action now would lack essential buy-in from both parties, be
seen as "imposed from above," and therefore in the long run
cause more problems than it would solve. MFA Director
General for Multilateral Affairs Ana Rosa Valdivieso told
polcouns April 10 that Peru believed the Kosovo problem was
not yet fully ripe for formal UNSC action. She noted that
Russia had demarched the GOP at the Vice-Foreign Minister
level. Serbia had formally registered its opposition at her
level, Valdivieso said, and a Serbian delegation led by the
Foreign Minister was planning to include Peru in its tour of
UNSC non-permanent member capitals. She characterized the
current position of Peru and Panama as somewhere in between
that of the U.S. and EU on one side, and that of Russia and
Serbia on the other.
2. (SBU) Several significant opportunities exist in the
short term to nudge Peru into the U.S./EU corner. By happy
coincidence, President Alan Garcia is scheduled to meet with
President Bush in Washington on April 23. Foreign Minister
Garcia Belaunde will accompany Garcia. The Ambassador will
engage the Foreign Minister on the issue after the FM returns
to Peru. Neither President Garcia nor Foreign Minister
Garcia Belaunde has yet fully engaged on the Kosovo question,
and Peru's final position will be determined by them.
Ensuring that President Bush raises Kosovo in his meeting
with President Garcia is important to signal the emphasis the
USG gives the matter. The tentatively scheduled early May
visit to Peru by Deputy Secretary Negroponte would provide an
additional face-to-face opportunity to reiterate our position
and to solicit Peru's support for it.
3. (SBU) Comment: If Peru is uncomfortable in the absence
of UNSC consensus, particularly among the P-5, neither does
it wish to be out-of-snych with the United States and
European Union on matters affecting international peace and
security. In that sense, Peru's position on Kosovo is not
hard and fast but rather susceptible to our influence and
that of our European partners.
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